Richard Stevenson : Biography

Richard Stevenson
was born in Victoria, B.C., in 1952 and has
lived in western Canada and Nigeria. A college English teacher
by profession, he has taught English, Canadian and African
literature, Business Communication, Creative and Technical
Writing, E.S.L., and humanities courses in high schools and
colleges. A former Editor-in-Chief of Prism international,
he has served in various editorial, jury, and writing/arts group
executive capacities over the years. His own reviews and poems
have appeared in hundreds of magazines, anthologies, e-zines,
and journals published in Canada, the United States, and
overseas. He has also given numerous workshops in writing
and publishing and has read to enthusiastic audiences at
venues across the country. He also performs with the
jazz/poetry group Naked Ear and rock music/YA verse troupe
Sasquatch.